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Henton Finalist for Dr. J Award

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Providence College senior forward LaDontae Henton has been named as one of 15 finalists for the Julius Erving Award which is being given out annually to the best small forward in college basketball.

Here is the full press release from Providence College:

Pp-328530-dr-j-julius-erving-dunking-8x10-photo-aw-33484_display_imageROVIDENCE, R.I. — It was announced today that Providence senior forward LaDontae Henton (Lansing, Mich.) was named one of 15 finalist for the Julius Erving Award, which is being given out by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award is named after Hall of Famer and 11-time NBA All-Star Julius Erving. The annual honor, in its inaugural year, recognizes the top small forwards in Division I men’s college basketball. A national committee comprised of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 15 candidates.

Henton, who has been named BIG EAST Player of the Week twice this season, is leading the Friar offense and the BIG EAST in scoring, averaging 20.5 points per game. He also ranks seventh in the nation in points per game. He has scored 21 or more points in 14 of the 26 games this season, including 38 versus Notre Dame (November 23), 29 versus Yale (November 28), 27 against UMass (December 20), 25 versus Miami (December 22), 35 versus Creighton (December 31) and 28 against Marquette (January 3).

Henton is trying to become just the second player all-time at Providence to score 2,000 or more points and register 1,000 or more rebounds. Henton has recorded 1,924 points in 127 games (15.1 ppg). He also has grabbed 982 rebounds (7.7 rpg). He ranks sixth all-time in scoring at Providence and seventh all-time in rebounds.

Henton was named to the 2015 Second Team Preseason All-BIG EAST squad. In 2014, he earned BIG EAST All-Tournament Team accolades after the Friars captured the BIG EAST title.

2015 Julius Erving Award Candidates

Stanley Johnson, University of Arizona
Roosevelt Jones, Butler University
Justise Winslow, Duke University
Branden Dawson, Michigan State University
Denzel Valentine, Michigan State University
Terran Petteway, University of Nebraska
Pat Connaughton, University of Notre Dame
Le'Bryan Nash, Oklahoma State University
LaDontae Henton, Providence College
Anthony Brown, Stanford University
Jonathan Holmes, University of Texas
Vince Hunter, University of Texas, El Paso
Treveon Graham, Virginia Commonwealth University
Justin Anderson, University of Virginia
Sam Dekker, University of Wisconsin

 

2 Comments

  1. Derec Lamendola

    February 18, 2015 at 11:00 pm

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  2. Jared Bessette

    February 19, 2015 at 1:18 am

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